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- 2. Indian English is speech or writing in English that shows the influence of the languages and
- 3. In India, those who consider their English to be good are outraged at being told that
- 4. Vocabulary Many words from Indian native languages have been introduced into the global English language spoken
- 5. Vocabulary Sometimes, speakers of English in India add a new level of meaning to existing words.
- 6. Vocabulary: hybrids, adaptation and idioms The great variety of mixed and adapted usages exists both as
- 7. Local senses and developments of general English words: batch-mate a classmate or fellow student body-bath an
- 8. four-twenty a cheat or swindler (from the number of a section of the Indian Penal Code)
- 9. Words more or less archaic in BrE and AmE, but used in IndE, such as dicky
- 10. The many idiomatic expressions include: to sit on someone's neck to watch that person carefully to
- 11. Loanwords LOANWORDS and LOAN TRANSLATIONS from other languages have been common since the 17c, often moving
- 12. Words from indigenous languages, such as HINDI and Bengali. Some are earlier and more Anglicized in
- 13. Less orthographically Anglicized: achcha all right (used in agreement and often repeated: Achcha achcha, I will
- 14. Words from Arabic and Persian through north Indian languages, used especially during the British Raj: dewan
- 15. Words taken directly from SANSKRIT, usually with religious and philosophical associations, some well known, some restricted
- 16. CALQUES from local languages: dining-leaf a banana leaf used to serve food, cousin brother a male
- 17. Pronunciation Speakers of English in India do not make any difference when it comes to the
- 18. Pronunciation IndE is rhotic, /r/ being pronounced in all positions. It tends to be syllable-timed, weak
- 19. Pronunciation In such words as old, low the vowel is generally /o/. Among northern (Indo-Aryan) speakers,
- 20. Pronunciation A large number of IndE speakers, sometimes referred to as speakers of General Indian English
- 21. Pronunciation /uː/ as in tool /ə/ as in bus; /ai/ as in five, /ɔi/ as in
- 22. Grammar There is great variety in syntax, from native-speaker fluency (the acrolect) to a weak command
- 23. Grammar Definite article often used as if the conventions have been reversed: It is the nature's
- 24. Grammar Stative verbs given progressive forms: Lila is having two books; You must be knowing my
- 25. Grammar Yes and no as question tags: He is coming, yes?; She was helping you, no?
- 26. Grammar Reflexive pronouns and only used for emphasis: It was God's order itself It was God's
- 27. Grammar Prepositions: 'pay attention on, discuss about, convey him my greetings' Word order: 'Who you have
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